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Marius Mauch wrote: |
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> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:34:57 +0000 (UTC) |
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> Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> wrote: |
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>> Alec Warner <antarus@g.o> posted 456DB725.9040402@g.o, |
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>> excerpted below, on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:36:53 -0500: |
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>> > Vlastimil Babka wrote: |
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>> >> Duncan wrote: |
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>> >>> whatever USE flag removal forcing --newuser rebuild, when I as a |
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>> >>> /human/ know it's not needed. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> If you're sure you know it's not needed, just edit |
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>> >> /var/db/pkg/$cat/$pkg/{USE,IUSE} to reflect that (i.e. if there was |
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>> >> arts flag removed and you know the ebuild didn't actually need/use it, |
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>> >> remove it from IUSE, and possibly USE) and --newuse won't trigger no |
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>> >> more. It's a bit of hack, but works, for user it's the same amount of |
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>> >> work as editing some newuse.mask file, for portage developers it's no |
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>> >> work :) |
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>> > oi, don't recommend people edit the vdb *cringes* |
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>> LOL. Such a hack didn't occur to me, probably for just that reason (tho |
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>> like many hacks, it might prove useful at times, for personal use |
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>> only with an appropriate pre-hack backup of course). It occurs to me |
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>> that portage devs may prefer the bit of work to "no work", but having to |
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>> deal with the consequential bug biteback should this recommendation enter |
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>> common usage. |
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> Well, I definitely prefer people doing it manually than adding an emerge |
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> option to do exactly that (as was already suggested a while ago), that |
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> leaves at least the hope that they know what they're doing. But I guess |
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> making --newuse somewhat configurable wouldn't hurt (too many people |
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> annoyed with it recently). |
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> Marius |
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Dunno about the other annoyances; what changes are required? |
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As for doing it manually, there seems to be a good case for providing new |
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users with a method that doesn't require editing /vdb. |
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